Over the past nine years ending in 2017, an average of 13 percent or one in eight students who started college in any fall term transferred to a different institution by the following fall. The overall persistence rate for the fall 2017 entering cohort remained virtually the same as that of the previous cohort, but this rate represents an increase of 2.2 percentage points compared to fall 2009. The “persistence rate” is measured by the percentage of students who return to college at any institution for their second year, while the “retention rate” is the percentage of students who return to the same institution. institution in fall 2018, while 61.7 percent were retained at their starting institution. Top Five Popular Majors, Undergraduate Certificate Programs, Fall 2017 Entering CohortĪmong all students who enrolled in college for the first time in fall 2017, 73.8 percent persisted at any U.S. Top Five Popular Majors, Associate Degree Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohortįigure 13. Top Five Popular Majors, Bachelor’s Degree Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohortįigure 12.

Four-Year Private For-Profit Institutions, 2010-2017 First-Year Persistence and Retention by Major Fieldįigure 11. Four-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort by Race and Ethnicityįigure 10. Four-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions, 2009-2017įigure 9.

Two-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort by Race and Ethnicityįigure 8. Two-Year Public Institutions, 2009-2017įigure 7. Four-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort by Race and Ethnicityįigure 6. Four-Year Public Institutions, 2009-2017įigure 5. By Age at College Entry, All Institutions, 2009-2017 First-Year Persistence and Retention by Starting Institution Typeįigure 4. By Race and Ethnicity, All Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohortįigure 3. By Starting Enrollment Intensity, All Institutions, 2009-2017įigure 2. List of Figures First-Year Persistence and Retentionįigure 1.

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